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SPORT AND WAR. 
CHAP. XXIII. 
part of it near the sea, we met two of the hunters 
coming back to tell us that they had found a monster 
rover elephant in a detached part between the great 
forest and the Downs bush, on the coast. We therefore 
hurried on, passing several small farmhouses and bush¬ 
rangers’ huts and sawpits, where the elephants did 
great damage at night, until we approached the small 
forest, where the remaining hunters were watching that 
the elephant did not escape. This detached forest was 
on an elevated piece of land, about half a mile from 
the main forest, and about the same distance from the 
Downs bush, with a hollow between the small forest 
and the large one. 
Ten persons, including Currie and myself, were 
again selected to accompany the Prince into the forest 
and 4 stalk’ the great elephant. Some of the hunters, 
with the dogs, were sent to the right to intercept 
between where the elephant was and the Downs bush, 
with a view of afterwards letting the dogs loose and 
driving the elephant towards us, in the event of our 
not being able to stalk him. The Governor and the 
large concourse of people on horseback were posted on 
the high ground to the left, near the great forest, 
looking down on the sport. Luckily the wind hap¬ 
pened to be blowing favourably, that is, from the 
elephant towards us. We entered the forest at the 
west extremity and drew eastward; but once in the 
